Police have located a person of interest in the Nov. 28 arson attack on an Islamic center and mosque in Corvallis, Ore. The firebombing came two days after federal agents arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud on allegations of attempting to blow up thousands of people in a holiday tree-lighting ceremony in Portland.

As reported in this week's Murmurs, the sister of a man shot to death by a Portland cop in 2005 is now asking Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese not to promote the officer involved in the shooting.

The City of Portland has offered $21,000 to settle a lawsuit by a police officer who claimed he suffered retaliation after voicing concern about one of the cops involved in the death of James Chasse Jr.
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Providing what may be a glimpse at the defense ahead for Mohamed Osman Mohamud, one of the defense attorneys for the 19-year-old bomb suspect said today in court that the government “was basically grooming" his client.